Careful when Decompressing an "Empty" Keg...

[RLinNH]

Prior to cutting the top off any empty keg, you should always decompress the Vavle that holds all the Forced Carbonation in there. Well, a buddy of mine gave me an "empty" Amstel light Keg that is damned near new. Yessur!!! Nice and Shiny new Keggle. Went to decompress the Valve, and I took a surprising Amstel Light Shower not 10 minutes ago. Tasty, yes. But, still a sticky mess. This is your OSHA Safety alert for this weekend. Now, Brew on!!!

 

[Cheesefood]

Prior to cutting the top off any empty keg, you should always decompress the Vavle that holds all the Forced Carbonation in there. Well, a buddy of mine gave me an "empty" Amstel light Keg that is damned near new. Yessur!!! Nice and Shiny new Keggle. Went to decompress the Valve, and I took a surprising Amstel Light Shower not 10 minutes ago. Tasty, yes. But, still a sticky mess. This is your OSHA Safety alert for this weekend. Now, Brew on!!!

I too got the Beerkkake when releasing pressure in my "empty" keg.

 

[Orfy]

An me.

+1

Mine was 5 years old.

 

[BierMuncher]

Ditto. For a bunch of subject-matter experts...we sure are a bunch of dumbsh!ts.

 

[RLinNH]

An me.

+1

Mine was 5 years old.

That right there was a Stinky D'OH!!!

 

[Cheesefood]

Ditto. For a bunch of subject-matter experts...we sure are a bunch of dumbsh!ts.

I have a sanke coupler, plugged it on, and opened it up while looking down at it. It was Bugs Bunny-esque. I walked in dripping wet and smelling like old beer. My wife just gave me that "My God, I married an idiot" look.

 

[Bobby_M]

Public service announcement:

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[max4677]

First time I bought a Corny in the LBHS the owner gave me the run down on all the parts, etc and she said when you connect the disconnects hold it like this and then press down and release the ring. So then naturally I took it from her and said, "Like this?!" Imagine my surprise (and her enjoyment) when CO2 came shooting out of the keg. That's when she introduced me to the relief valve on top.

And now I know that they store kegs for sale pressurized to prove they can hold pressure to customers.

I speak like this happened years ago. It was probably about a month-ish actually.

 

[Scimmia]

Nice video, but I thought I was gonna see a beer shower after everything in this thread!

BTW, how is 4 x 36 sec 1:24?

 

[e lo]

"Beerkkake" might be the funniest word I've heard this year. Awesome.

 

[EdWort]

Nice job Bobby! Well done!

 

[Bobby_M]

Nice video, but I thought I was gonna see a beer shower after everything in this thread!

BTW, how is 4 x 36 sec 1:24?

Hey, I'm a homebrewer not a mathmatician. I knew I screwed that math up as soon as I posted the video but I'm too lazy to edit, re-render, and upload.

 

[jacobyhale]

"Beerkkake" might be the funniest word I've heard this year. Awesome.

I second that. Definitely need to win some sort of linguist award for this one. Maybe I've had too much to drink tonight, but I almost shot Paulaner Hefe out my nose after reading that!

 

[Onescalerguy]

Ditto on the "beerkkake"Cheese!..too much man!
Cheers

 

[e lo]

I second that. Definitely need to win some sort of linguist award for this one. Maybe I've had too much to drink tonight, but I almost shot Paulaner Hefe out my nose after reading that!

Yes, Cheese certainly is a cunning linguist. (What? Somebody had to.)

 

[howlinowl]

When I cut my kegs, I first drilled a 1/8" hole in the top not to far from the coupling mount. 2 of my kegs were old imports each with a different coupling, one was a sankey, and I didn't have the couplings for the other two. Another plus for the drill the hole method, all that is at the top is gas, so the old stale beer stays in the keg.

Allan

 

[JoSeR]

if you lay the keg on its side the pickup tube comes out of the beer and you can push in the valve with a screwdriver to vent it
By the way, 2 yr old bud light smells bad

 

[brewhead]

Public service announcement:

[youtube]LthGdMk_avk[/youtube]

we do something similar but with a die grinder.